Archidendron

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Archidendron
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Archidendron scutiferum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Archidendron
F.Muell. [1]
Type species
Archidendron vaillantii
(F.Muell.) F.Muell. [2]
Species

See text

Synonyms [3]
  • CylindrokeluphaKosterm.
  • HansemanniaK.Schum.
  • MorolobiumKosterm.
  • OrtholobiumGagnep.
  • ParalbizziaKosterm.
  • TorculaNoronha

Archidendron is a genus of flowering plants in the Mimosa subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes 98 species which range from India through Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Malesia, and Papuasia to Queensland and New South Wales. [3] [4]

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Description

Plants in this genus are shrubs or small to medium-sized trees up to 30 metres (98 ft) tall; [5] they have bipinnate leaves, extrafloral nectaries, and without spines or thorns. Leaflets are usually arranged in opposite pairs. The genus is morphologically diverse in the characters of leaves, flowers and fruit. Inflorescence position may be axillary , terminal , ramiflorous or cauliflorous. The form may be a 'head' or capitulum, an umbel, a raceme or a panicle. Flowers may be bell-shaped or tubular, the calyx and the corolla tube both 5-lobed. There are numerous stamens and one to several carpels. The fruit is a pod which may be flat, cylindrical, or twisted. [2] [6] [7]

Species

As of December 2024, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 98 species, [3] while another 20 species are yet to be formally described. [7] : 300 

References

  1. ↑ "Archidendron F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 5(34): 59 (1865)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Cowan, R.S. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Archidendron". Flora of Australia . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Archidendron F.Muell". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Archidendron F.Muell". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Allen, O.N.; Allen, Ethel K. (1981). The Leguminosae - A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses and Nodulation. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 64. ISBN   978-0-274-72077-4.
  6. ↑ "Archidendron F.Muell". Flora of China (eFloras). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  7. 1 2 Brown, G.K.; Aju, J.; Bayly, M.J.; Murphy, D.J.; McLay, T.G.B. (2022). "Phylogeny and classification of the Australasian and Indomalayan mimosoid legumes Archidendron and Archidendropsis (Leguminosae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade)". PhytoKeys. 205: 299–333. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.205.79381 . PMC   9848999 . PMID   36762019.
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